bella's Reviews > Cat Trick

The occupants in Mayville Heights are getting ready for a food tasting festival, in what they are hoping with lead to a partnership with Legacy Tours. Legacy Tours could bring more visitors to the little town, and town librarian, Kathleen Paulsen, is hoping for the best. Unfortunately the representative from Legacy Tours, is sour-faced Mike Glazer. Mike grew up in Mayville Heights and doesn't have a very high opinion of the town or its residents. When Kathleen (or more importantly one of her cats) finds the dead body of Mike Glazer before the festival starts, Kathleen goes into sleuthing mode. With more than a handful of suspects it's going to take the skills of both Kathleen and her cats to solve this one.

My all-time favourite cozy mystery series featuring cats is the Cat Who books by Lilian Jackson Braun. When Lilian Jackson Braun passed away, I had a void to fill and I have to say that void has been filled with the Magical Cats mysteries by Sofie Kelly. By far these are my favourite mysteries that feature cats. Right from the first book Owen and Hercules stole my kitty-loving heart and I look forward to every new adventure with them.

What is so special about Owen and Hercules. Well Owen can disappear at will and become completely invisible and Hercules walks through walls. Pretty handy talents for cats right? Not so handy talents for Kathleen, who is the only one that has seen them do this. Of course, Owen loves this talent because in the opening chapter of "Cat Trick" he manages to become invisible, sneak into Kathleen's truck and take a visit with Kathleen's friend, Detective Marcus, and steal some sardines and crackers.

Right from that opening chapter, I was laughing and smiling at Owen and Hercule's antics, and really enjoying another visit in Mayville Heights. I like that this story featured around a past resident of Mayville Heights. For readers of this series, it fills in a little back story about some of the residents of the cozy town, and lets the readers try to guess as to how it will all unfold.

I liked the mystery a lot. I did have the murderer pegged about three-quarters of the way through the story, but with no clue as to why. I was at the mercy of Kathleen to completely unravel it for me, and I really enjoyed watching it unravel.

To quote the book "I love your cats. They are like little people in fur suits." If you love cats in mysteries and sweet cozy towns, then pick up this series. I recommend starting with Book 1, Curiosity Thrilled the Cat. Not because you need to read this series in order, but because you don't want to miss a second of it!